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i'm on my way with my first set of armor. i've got all i could cut out of the trash cans last night. i'm going to attempt the cod piece since i had some space left on the smaller can. ran out of space for the back piece which probably wouldn't work well out of a trash can anyway. next step will be cleaning up the edges, denting and sanding for primer.

i got quite a bit done in the last week. right now, the green paint is drying on the armor, after work tomorrow i'm going to wash the mustard off. the shoulder bells are pretty much done except for the fine details of scratches that i'm going to do with a paint pen. should i weather them some more? i threw down some flat black and a few sprays of colonial red. boba had to get some blood on him at some point i figure.

Looks really good so far. Have you already got the green paint you are gonna use? If so, what does it look like (what product is it?) Reason I ask is because my armor is too light-green ... looks like reptile skin.

i went with rattle cans for mine. used rustoleum spruce green. i'm going to look at it tonight to check the color. i think i might have to darken it up with a misting of some hunter green or something, we'll see. but weathering with a wash might help too. i'll put some pics up after work, let everybody see if it's close or not.

here it is with the armor painted green. there is a very light misting of black on there, but almost not visible. it was a little more difficult getting the mustard off than planned. i didn't reapply after the yellow coat so that had 2 layers of paint on it. it isn't exactly the way i had it masked, but pretty dang close. for my first try, i'm quite happy with it. now to the tedious scratching and weathering. i would appreciate any constructive criticism. i'll try to get a real light pic tomorrow, i just finished this now, after midnight. i had to watch the vikings win!!

here is what i'm calling the finished product. it's good for now, until the sickness takes over and i have to redo it. i did some more "scratches" with a silver paint pen, wow does that work slick! put the chest decal on, did my best to weather that and some more on the rest of the armor. then i clear coated it with matte spray. check it...

for cutting the armor out of the cans... first i used a skil-saw to trim them to a very rough cut out and something smaller to work with. from there it was a ruler and utility knife. i made a few cuts along each edge then snapped them off individually. like jimmy buffett said, take your time and don't rush! and thanks for the positive comments, it really means a lot coming from everyone on tdh.

the helmet is getting started tonight. i'm going to attempt to get it done before next saturday. i'm having a bunch of friends over to watch the entire saga in one day. specifically my fiance's brother who has never seen any of them. mostly on purpose so that he could do the saga someday. gonna be a fun time. i'll have my helmet, my cuz has a scout trooper he painted up like a barc trooper (that's the camo one's right?) gonna put up the vader cardboard standup from frito lay (both my cuz's work there) and i got a 10' episode III poster from a friend who worked at a theater when it came out.

the helmet is getting started tonight. i'm going to attempt to get it done before next saturday.

That gives you 9 days to get it done. One thing I strongly recommend: make sure the paint you just applied is dry before moving on with a different layer. If you get impatient with this, it will backfire (or so I've seen other members post that it backfires) and and set you back a day or two.

Hey, I don't think it's been asked yet, but what Boba scheme are you doing? , , or ?